Matthew 12:44

Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from where I came.’ And coming it finds it unoccupied, swept and put in order.

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In The King James Version

Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

In Context

43“Now when an unclean spirit [demon] goes out from a man, it goes through arid places looking for rest, but finds none.

45Then it goes and takes along with itself seven different spirits, more malignant than itself, and going in it dwells there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Just so it will be for this malignant generation also.”

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Cross References

Matthew 12:29Or how can anyone go into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then he can plunder the house.

Luke 11:21“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his possessions are safe.

John 12:6(Now he did not say this because the poor mattered to him, but because he was a thief and had the money box; and used to pilfer what was put in it.)

John 13:27And after the sop, then Satan entered into him. Whereupon Jesus says to him, “What you are doing, do quickly!”

Acts 8:18Well, upon observing that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the Apostles' hands, Simon offered them money

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:39-46

The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this… Read the whole commentary →

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